Voluntourism

Heaven help me, yet another nasty new noun, the unholy marriage of "volunteer" and "tourism".

Voluntourism, an act carried out by "voluntourists", is when hoardes of - generally - the great unwashed backpacker brigade descend on a place to do have a jolly nice holiday - usually at precious little cost to themselves - and do the occasional bit of good work.

Looks good on one's CV as a gap year activity.

Voluntourist 1: Shall we go to Khao Lak to engage in a spot of voluntourism?
Voluntourist 2: No, tsunami voluntourism is old hat now. All the bars are closed and hardly anyone is living in the houses built, anyway.
Voluntourist 1: Good point. (pauses) Sierra Leone?
Vouluntourist 2: Are you insane?

by Roo September 6, 2005

voluntell

(verb) To unwittingly volunteer someone's services without allowing them the oportunity to decline.

Variations: voluntelling, voluntold

"Who are we gonna get to finish copying and collating the TPS reports?"

"I'll voluntell Steve to take care of it."

by Nick Rassenti July 26, 2007

Volentold

result of a supervisor/manager/other person in charge asking for volunteers, and then at the last minute deciding that since no one volenteered to work, that he would volenteer people to work.

monday:
boss: i need some volunteers to work this weekend

thursday: since no one volunteered to work, Joe your coming in.

Joe: Wow, i was just volentold to work :(

by Collateral Damage July 5, 2009

voluntelling

To ask a question that's really a demand.

RJ (in front of client): Tim, would you mind revising that proposal for us?

Tim: Sure, thanks for voluntelling me.

by rjtalyor May 5, 2008

voluntourism

the visiting of another place to help with humanitarian aid and/or disaster relief efforts

This voluntourism urge is getting out of hand. The people don't need anymore heroes. they have enough help.

by The Return of Light Joker April 7, 2011

voluntell

someone tells a person what to do suspecting that the person would agree to volunteer to do it although that person hasn't really volunteered to do it yet

My wife is likely to voluntell me to help at her charity.

by bobcatbobby June 29, 2015

Volun-Told

Being Volun-Told means someone volunteers a person or multiple persons to do something for them or someone else and is usually used in school

Hayden was Volun-Told to do something by his teacher

by TypicalUrban February 17, 2019